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NU 372 Exam 1 Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What is the infection cycle? - Answer✔Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host.
Manifestations of infection - Answer✔redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of function
Lab evidence of infection - Answer✔-elevated WBCs (>10,000/mm^3)
-increase in specific types of WBCs
-elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
-presence of pathogen in urine, blood, sputum, or draining culture
-lumbar puncture, stool culture to check for bacteria
Nursing interventions of infection - Answer✔-preventing transmission: isolation, hand hygiene
-educating about infectious process; recommend immunizations, nurses receive hep B+ annual
influenza shot
-controlling fever and accompanying discomforts: promote adequate fluid, identify cause of
fever
-monitoring and managing potential complications: V/S and consciousness monitored, X-rays,
lab values
Contact precautions - Answer✔-gloves and gown
-ex: c diff, MRSA/VRE, impetigo, scabies
Droplet precautions - Answer✔- >5 mm, gloves, gown, goggles, >6 feet apart
-ex: influenza, mumps, rubella, meningitis, pneumonia
Airborne precautions - Answer✔- <5 mm, isolation, negative pressure, N95, door+window
closed
-ex: tuberculosis, varicella, disseminated herpes zoster
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NU 372 Exam 1 Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What is the infection cycle? - Answer✔Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of
transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host.
Manifestations of infection - Answer✔redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of function
Lab evidence of infection - Answer✔-elevated WBCs (>10,000/mm^3)
-increase in specific types of WBCs
-elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
-presence of pathogen in urine, blood, sputum, or draining culture
-lumbar puncture, stool culture to check for bacteria
Nursing interventions of infection - Answer✔-preventing transmission: isolation, hand hygiene
-educating about infectious process; recommend immunizations, nurses receive hep B+ annual
influenza shot
-controlling fever and accompanying discomforts: promote adequate fluid, identify cause of
fever
-monitoring and managing potential complications: V/S and consciousness monitored, X-rays,
lab values
Contact precautions - Answer✔-gloves and gown
-ex: c diff, MRSA/VRE, impetigo, scabies
Droplet precautions - Answer✔- >5 mm, gloves, gown, goggles, >6 feet apart
-ex: influenza, mumps, rubella, meningitis, pneumonia
Airborne precautions - Answer✔- <5 mm, isolation, negative pressure, N95, door+window
closed
-ex: tuberculosis, varicella, disseminated herpes zoster
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